Luo'an, singing in the study room of Shangguan Mansion
Looking at the letter on the desk, the tired Shangguan Changgong showed a trace of regret in his eyes. How helpless and sad Yang Chongqing must have felt when he wrote this letter to him... ·············
As the saying goes, how great the hope is, how great the disappointment is. At the beginning, Yang Chongqing was very confident about the Yunbin battle situation. This also made Shangguan Changgong place very high hopes on Yang Chongqing when he handed over the military power to Yang Chongqing.
He hoped that Yang Chongqing could stabilize the situation in Yunbin, and even defeat the Fengwu Army and capture Jinzhong, completing the unfinished business of his father Shangguan Hongyuan.
However, when all his hopes came to nothing, he was undoubtedly disappointed with Yang Chongqing!
At this time, the private contact between Yang Chongqing and Murong Lun appeared again, but what really made him suspicious of Yang Chongqing was the incident of Wang Mu's blood book!
Wang Muzhi's blood letter was handed over to him by the Supervision Department half a month ago. In this blood letter, Wang Muzhi denounced Yang Chongqing for his failure in the rescue and for delaying the war in Shizhou and causing the fall of Jinyang!
Shangguan Changgong knew Wang Muzhi well. Although he was not top-notch in ability, he was loyal to their Shangguan family. Sing
Therefore, Wang Muzhi's blood letter also shook Shangguan Changgong's trust in Yang Chongqing, and he began to think about whether the defeat on the Yunbin battlefield was really due to pure military factors... ········
At this time, the sudden southward movement of the Kipchaks came as a surprise to the official Gong, who was in the whirlpool of internal pressure. Although he was not satisfied with the proposal of Zheng Rong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to use the power of the Kipchak Khanate to deal with the Fengwu Army. He was very interested, but considering the unity within the Luo'an court, Shangguan Changgong never put this idea into practice.
But he never expected that the Kipchaks would take the initiative to help. To be honest, when he heard the news, Shangguan Changgong was extremely excited and found two concubines to celebrate the night.
Just when he thought that Yang Chongqing and the Kipchaks would defeat the Fengwu Army in a two-sided attack. However, Yang Chongqing still couldn't hold on in Pingyang.
This also made Shangguan Changgong extremely confused. He didn't understand why Yang Chongqing didn't miss this opportunity in vain. It also made him more suspicious that the defeat on the Yunbin battlefield was not due to pure military factors. Yang Chongqing might have other things that he didn't know about. thought.
So even though Yang Chongqing later wrote to him explaining the reason for what he did, Shangguan Changgong still refused to believe him and insisted on asking Yang Chongqing to counterattack!
Thinking of this, Shangguan Changgong couldn't help but sigh. He couldn't help but think that if he hadn't insisted on asking Yang Chongqing to counterattack, there might not have been the defeat of Pingyang, Yang Chongqing would not have died, and the situation in Luo'an would not have deteriorated to this point! Sing
Three days ago, when the news that Yang Chongqing committed suicide in Pingyang and that Tang Peng led more than 30,000 remnant troops to retreat to Wei Pass, chased by the Fengwu Army, came back to Luo'an, the Luoan court exploded. , all the courtiers unanimously requested the Chief Assistant to come forward···························
Shangguan Changgong was still lucky about this at first, hoping that Murong Lun could help him stabilize the situation. However, when he saw Murong Lun's expression of silence under his gaze, Shangguan Changgong knew that he could only I can rely on myself!
If it were other times, Shangguan Changgong would not be able to announce the death of his father Shangguan Hongyuan, but by confessing at this time, Shangguan Changgong was worried that the Luo'an court would not be able to withstand this double blow, and once he was forced to confess under the pressure of everyone, Shangguan Changgong would It was a devastating blow to Chang Gong's prestige.
Therefore, Shangguan Changgong did not choose to confess but chose to use force and directly killed several leading ministers with sticks in court!
As a result, although no one dared to ask Shangguan Hongyuan to come forward, Shangguan Changgong also avoided a blow to his prestige, but it also made the Luo'an court even more disorganized!
Because the Forbidden Army was in the clouds and continued to decline, some dignitaries in Luo'an took precautions and began to transfer their property and family members to Sichuan and Shu. However, in the end, they did so quietly and did not dare to be too public! !
But with the failure of the Battle of Pingyang,
Shangguan Changgong killed the minister with a stick, and more and more people began to not believe that Shangguan Changgong could defend Luo'an... ·Sing
And this disbelief caused them to vote with their feet, and each one rushed to flee to Sichuan. Driven by these dignitaries, Luo'an, the ancient capital of the Zhou Dynasty, was also filled with a kind of terror. Some people who don’t know the truth also want to flee Sichuan!
However, most of the people did not move. They all stayed at home, waiting for the day when the Fengwu Army arrived!
In recent years, the word "Ye Mingsheng" has been a bad smell in Shilin. Countless nobles and nobles have used the most vicious words to attack Ye Mingsheng, hoping to completely engrave Ye Mingsheng on the pillar of shame!
But among the people, the common people are looking forward to the Fengwu Army, hoping that the Fengwu Army will come to them as soon as possible so that they can be the masters of their own country!
It was not that Shangguan Changgong had not thought about stopping the powerful people from escaping from Luo'an. He did ask the imperial army to block Luo'an to prevent the escape from spreading. However, many ministers in the court came to put pressure on him. .
Therefore, in the face of this pressure, Shangguan Changgong had to choose to compromise and reached an agreement with these ministers, tacitly allowing some of the ministers' property and family members to leave Luo'an.
As for how to face the Fengwu Army next, the Luo'an court now has two voices! Sing
The first is to send envoys again to negotiate with the Fengwu Army. As long as the Fengwu Army is willing to negotiate, all conditions can be negotiated... ·
The second is to send envoys to the Kipchak Khanate, state the pros and cons, and request the Kipchak Khanate to send troops to contain the Fengwu Army!
To be honest, Shangguan Changgong did not want to adopt these two ideas. They had negotiated with the Fengwu Army several times overtly and covertly, but the Fengwu Army always insisted on Qingjun's conditions. The success of the peace talks this time was also minimal.
As for asking the Kipchak Khanate to send troops, judging from how they took the initiative to send troops this time and interfered with the Fengwu Army's logistical supplies, it seems that they did not want to see the Fengwu Army dominate, so it is very likely that they would be willing to send troops. high.
But the Luo'an court must pay a huge price, such as the land of Yongliang. With the greedy personality of the Kipchaks, they will definitely make a big noise!
Once he agrees to the conditions of the Kipchaks, it will be a huge blow to Shangguan Changgong's own prestige, and he will also be dissatisfied by the military, which is almost equivalent to chronic suicide!
After thinking carefully, Shangguan Changgong sighed. In his current situation, even if he had to drink poison to quench his thirst, he had to do it! Sing
After making up his mind, Shangguan Changgong ordered:
"Call Qian Buli and Liu Dajiang, I have something to tell them!"
"yes!"
After instructing the two people, Shangguan Changgong began to write a letter. Although he was very reluctant, in order to survive, he decided to carry out the two ideas simultaneously... ·······
(I don’t know where a little moth is born in the house. It keeps flying around me and makes me crazy. I have no idea at all. I will resume normal updates tomorrow!)
